Rail-holding means.



B. B. LEUSTIG.

RAIL HOLDING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1918.

1,293,816. Patented Feb 11, 1919.

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BENNO B. LEUSTIG, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL-HOLDING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

Application filed June 14, 1918. Serial No. 240,041.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNO B. LnUsTIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Rail-Holding 'Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail-holding means.

One object of this invention is to produce rail-holding means by the use of which the laying of the rails of a railway track is facilitated and a section of a rail of the track can be readilyrenewed.

Another object is to render said rail-holding means simple and durable in construction and convenient in the application of the same to a rail-section and to a support under said rail-section.

Another object is to facilitate lubrication of said rail-holding means, and to avoid waste of lubricant.

With these objects in view, and to attain any other object hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and relative arrangements of parts, hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a rail and my improved railholding means, the section being taken along a line transversely of the rail. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken along the line 3-3, Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Fig. t is a horizontal section taken along the line M, Fig. 1, looking downwardly.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates the body of a rail-support arranged under and instrumental in supporting a section of a rail extending over and across said body. The body A preferably consists of a wooden block which is circular in cross-section and provided centrally with a substantially vertical hole 10 which extends downwardly from the top of the body. Said hole is circular in crosssection and shown spaced at its lower end from the botom of the body A. Said rail-support also comp'risesa metal receptacle G which is arranged wholly within the hole 10 and rests on the bottom of and forms a lining for the surrounding wall of said hole. Said receptacle is provided at its upper end and externally with an outwardly projecting annular flange 12, and said hole is enlarged diametrically at its upper end toreceive said flange.

A substantially vertical metal stem having a body D, which is preferably tubular and circular in cross-section, is arranged within the receptacle C, and said body is shown divided, as at 13, centrally between the longitudinal edges of the base of the rail, into two sections. Said stem has a head 0? extending circumferentially of the upper end of the body D of the stem and formed partially on each section of said body. Said head is arranged between the body A of the rail-support and the base of the rail and rests on said body and covers the flange 12 of the receptacle C. The headforming portions of the section of the body D of said stem are provided with flanges 14 which project upwardly at the longitudinal edges and overlap the top of the base of the rail and therefore serve to prevent upward and lateral displacement of the rail relative to said stem. The head d is shown as forming a seat for the rail.

The receptacle C is provided with two substantially horizontal screw-threaded holes 15 arranged at opposite sides respectively and equidistant from the joint 13 formed between the hereinbefore mentioned stem-sections and below the flange 12 of said registers at its inner end with an annular recess 16 formed in and externally and extending circumferentially of the body D of said stem. Each hole 15 of the receptacle C registers at its outer end with a hole 17 formed in the body A of the rail-support and extending from said receptacle to the exterior of said body, and a screw E extends from within said hole 17 through said hole 1.5 into the recess 16 and is threaded at said hole 15 into said receptacle. The screws E and the top and bottom walls of the recess 16 serve to prevent vertical displacement of the hereinbefore mentioned stem relative to the body A and receptacle C, and said screws positively prevent upward displacement of said receptacle. Said stem is, of course, loosely embraced by the receptacle C, and obviously therefore manipulation of the screws E as required to withdraw them from the recess 16 renders said stem free to be elevated with the rail-section extending over said stem. By the construction and relative arrangement of the parts hereinbefore described it will be observed that the body A of the rail-support is rovided interiorly with a chamber having a bottom and formed by and internally of the receptacle C, and that said chamber extends to the top of said body. The aforesaid stem has its body D shown arranged wholly in said chamber and is spaced at the lower extremity of said body from the bottom of the chamber, and the lower end portion of said body is preferably reduced in diameter toward said extremity to facilitate the entrance of' said body into said chamber. The surrounding wall of said chamber isv provided. below each hole 15 with a groove 18 which extends to said hole from the bottom of the chamber, and said wall is provided intermediately of said grooves with grooves 19 extending from said bottom to the upper extremity of the receptacle 0, and the flanged upper end of said receptacle is shown provided in the top thereof with grooves 20 extending from the upper ends of the grooves 19 to the outer circum ferential edge of said flange. The grooves 18 facilitate the passage, to the holes 15, of grease or lubricant supplied to the receptacle C, so as to prevent rusting of the mutually engaging threads internally of or at said holes. Obviously in laying a railway track each rail of the track extends over several rail-supports spaced longitudinally ofthe rail, and the supports under one of said rails and the supports under the other of said rails may be connected together in any approved manner, but suitable means for tying rail-supporting blocks together are too well known in the art to require illus tration and description in this specification. It is obvious that movement of rolling stock on said ra-il causes vibration of the rail and the underlying rail supports and consequently results in the vibration of the lubricant-receiving receptacle C of each of said supports and the stem surrounded by said receptacle.

It will be observed that the holes 15 are adapted to permit the injection of lubricant into said receptacle at said holes upon the removal of the screws E, and said holes therefore form the lubricant-inlets of the hereinbefore mentioned chamber, and said screws constitute removable plugs or do sures for said holes as well as means for locking the body D of the hereinbefore mentioned' stem to said receptacle and to the body A of the rail-support. The grooves 19 facilitate the passage of lubricant from within the receptacle C to the grooves 20, and the grooves 18 and 19 and the diametrical reduction of the body D of said stem toward its lower extremity are helpful in insuring adequate lubrication of the opposing upright surfaces of the stem and the stem-surrounding receptacle. The grooves 20 in the top of the flange 12 of the receptacle C- facilitate the lubrication of the opposing surfaces of said flange and the base of the rail.

By my improved construction itwi-ll be observed that the hereinbefore mentioned objects of my invention are successfully attained.

What I claim is- I. The combination, with a rail of a rail- Way track, and a rail-support comprising body which is arranged under the rail and there provided with a chamber which extends downwardly from the top of said body, of an upright stem extending into said chamber from the upper end of the chamber, means for preventing upward and lateral displacement of the rail relative to said stem, and means for locking said stem to the surrounding wall of said chamber.

2. The combination, with a rail. of a railway track, and a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail, of a substantially vertical stem arranged within said body, means for preventing upward and lateral displacementof the. rail relative to said stem, and means for locl'zing said stem against displacement upwardly relative to said body, said stem being free to be elevated with the rail from said body upon unlocking the stem from said body.

3. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail and there provided with a chamber which extends downwardly from the top of said body, of an upright stem which is circular in cross-section and arranged within said chamber, and means for preventing upward and lateral displacement of the rail relative to said stem, said stem having its lower end portion reduced in diameter.

4. The combination, with a rail of a rail way track, and a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail and there provided with a chamber which has a bottom and extends downwardly from the top of said body, of a, stem having an upright tubular body which is arranged within said chamber and provided with means for preventingupward and lateral displacement of the rail relative to said stem.

5. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail and there provided with a lubricant-receiving receptacle which is set into said body, of a substantially vertical stem which extends into said receptacle from the upper end of the receptacle, said stem being connected to the rail and spacedat its lower end from the bottom of said receptacle.

6. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail, of an upright stem surrounded by said body and provided with means for preventing upward and lateral displacement of the rail relative to said stem and having an external recess intermediately of the ends of the stem, and a locking member extending into said recess from within the aforesaid body.

7. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail, of an upright stem surrounding said body and connected to the rail and provided between its ends with a recess extending circumferentially of the stem, and locking members extending into said recess from within the aforesaid body.

8. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail and there provided with a lubricant-receiving chamher, and an upright stem arranged within said chamber and connected to the rail, said stem being provided externally between its ends with a recess, and the aforesaid chamber having an inlet which registers with said recess, of a locking member extending into said recess from within said inlet and forming a closure for said inlet, said closureforming locking member being removable from said recess.

9. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a rail-support comprising a' body which is arranged under the rail, of a lubricant-receiving receptacle which is set into said body and arranged under the rail, an upright stem arranged within said receptacle and connected to the rail and provided externally between its ends with a recess, the receptacle having a screw-threaded hole which registers with said recess, and a screw threaded into said receptacle at said hole and extending from within the aforesaid body through said hole into said recess.

10. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail, of a lubricant-receiving receptacle which is set into said body and arranged under the rail, and an upright stem arranged within said receptacle and connected to the rail and provided externally between its ends with a recess, the receptacle having a screw-threaded hole which registers with said recess, and a screw which is threaded into said receptacle at said hole and extends from within the aforesaid body through said hole into said recess, the receptacle being provided internally with a groove extending to said hole from the bottom of the chamber formed by and internally of the receptacle.

11. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a ail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail, of a lubricant-receiving receptacle which is set into said body and arranged under the rail, and an upright stem arranged Within said receptacle and connected to the rail, said receptacle being provided internally with grooves extending from the bottom of the chamber formed by and internally of the receptacle to the upper end of the receptacle.

12. The combination, with a rail of a railway track, and a' rail-support comprising a body which is arranged under the rail, of a lubricant-receiving receptacle which is set into said body and arranged under the rail and provided at its upper end with a flange extending circumferentially of the receptacle, and an upright stem arranged within said receptacle and provided at its upper end with a head arranged between said flange and the base of the rail and connected to the rail, said receptacle being provided internally with grooves extending endwise of and to the upper end of the receptacle, and the aforesaid flange being provided in the top thereof with grooves connecting with the first-mentioned grooves.

In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification in the presence of two witnesses.

A. W. MAssEY, CASPAR J. Donna.

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